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Breakaway Training

This course helps lone workers develop an understanding of any use of force in their setting including skills necessary to breakaway.

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About this course

Breakaway training is needed where members of your workforce might be particularly vulnerable. This course helps lone workers develop an understanding of any use of force in their setting including skills necessary to breakaway. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 states that an employer has to protect the safety of employees, temporary and agency staff and applies even when an employee is working off-site.

What does Breakaway Training cover?

The course includes developing their:

Dynamic risk assessment skills,
Strong conflict management skills and,
Knowledge of breakaway and defensive strategies appropriate to any working environment.

Who is this course for?

Lone worker training is ideal for those who:

Work in the community,
Work unsociable hours,
Work in isolation on site or,
Have times when they are left on their own in a premises.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…

Recognise the risks associated with lone working
Perform dynamic risk assessments
Use communication to solve problems and reduce the likelihood of conflict
Recognise the factors that influence human responses in conflict situations
Assess and reduce risks in conflict situations
Communicate effectively and de-escalate conflict in emotive situations
Follow good practice after conflict situations
Understand the law relating to physical intervention and self defence
Demonstrate defensive techniques including defence from various grabs and strikes

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Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost?

Our prices are personalised to the company, including how many delegates, and location. Please make an enquiry to get a personalised quote with no hidden costs.

Where do you cover?

We cover the whole of the UK.

Do you offer virtual training?

Many of our courses can be adapted for both classroom settings or virtual platforms like zoom. Some courses that include a practical aspect can only be delivered in a classroom setting.

Are your courses certified/accredited?

All learners will recieve a certificate for any course they complete. Some of our courses are inhouse certified, some of our courses are regulated by Ofqual and others are accreddited by other awarding bodies.

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Module 2: Personal Safety & Breakaway

For low to medium risk settings Module 2 provides personal safety strategies, non-restrictive physical skills including responsive interventions to manage big emotions and breakaway training for those who experience hazardous behaviour that poses a physical risk to staff or service user. Staff need training in personal safety, breakaway or separation techniques but should not be required to use manual restraint. (this is the maximum level for lone workers)

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From real students

I can say with all truth that this service is class A1. We have used there Breakaway Restraint/conflict management & also E-learning courses services for many years now & everything has been delivered professionally and extremely clearly with no problems.

I have been on several training courses run by this company over the last. Each time the trainer have been really good at making the course contact interesting and interactive. This certainly helps me to remember everything. Would recommend them.

I absolutely love attending training with Able Training. The courses are professionally prepared and delivered and the trainers are of a very high standard and are very engaging and knowledgeable. Awesome!

Fantastic training , I have participated in a number of courses over the last 12 months , each course has been very interesting and helpful to my role as a foster Carer , the information is presented in a interesting way and gets each point across effectively, I would highly recommend them ! I am looking forward to more in the near future .

Able training delivered Conflict management to our staff and they all found it extremely useful, feedback included; 'I really enjoyed this course, I found the facilitator very enthusiastic and passionate about the subject. The course was highly informative and I would recommend it. Thank you Able training!

Great 'Restraint training' course at Earlham Primary School in North London. Very professional and would highly recommend to other schools. Friendly, to the point, and tailored to our requirements. Thank you.

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